Vanderbilt University Law School

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Vanderbilt University Law School
Image:Vanderbilt Law School logo.svg
Established 1874
School type Private
Dean Edward L. Rubin
Location Nashville, TN, USA
Enrollment 601
Faculty 132
USNWR ranking 15
Bar pass rate 97.8%
Annual tuition US$39,838
Homepage www.law.vanderbilt.edu

The Vanderbilt University Law School ("VULS") is the law school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt was ranked 15th in the 2009 edition U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. law schools.

The dean of the law school is Edward L. Rubin,[1] formerly the Theodore K. Warner, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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[edit] Programs

Vanderbilt's corporate law program allows students to earn a Certificate in Law & Business, and it has strong programs in international and constitutional law. In 2005, a new program—the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program, headed by complex litigation scholar Richard Nagareda[2] received a $2.9 million endowment through a cy pres settlement of a class action lawsuit. Vanderbilt also has programs in law and human behavior, constitutional law, regulatory law, and environmental law.

The Law School building as seen from Curry Field.
The Law School building as seen from Curry Field.

In the spring of 2006, the law school announced the creation of a new program to award a Ph.D. in Law & Economics—the first program of its kind in the nation—directed by economists W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch. The program admitted its first class in Fall 2007.

Vanderbilt Law School also offers a summer study program, Vanderbilt in Venice, which is open to students from all accredited law schools and offers courses in comparative and international law.

[edit] Student life

Most Fridays during the school year, the law school sponsors an informal social gathering known as "Blackacre", named after the outdoor area where the gatherings are held.[3] "Blackacre" typically features food and beverages, often including kegs of beer. Each week's Blackacre is sponsored by a different student organization.

[edit] Publications

The Vanderbilt Law Review is ranked 18th among general-topic law reviews, based upon the number of times its articles are cited.[4]. Other journals are the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, founded in 1967, and the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, founded as the Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice in 1998

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notable faculty

[edit] Current

  • Robert Belton, recipient of the 2006 National Bar Association Presidential Award.
  • James F. Blumstein [5], health law and Constitutional law scholar, he also has argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court.
  • Lisa Schultz Bressman, highly regarded scholar of administrative law.
  • Rebecca L. Brown [6], an individual rights constitutional theorist and co-chair of the American Constitution Society's "Constitution for the 21st Century" project.
  • John Goldberg [7], expert in tort law, a proponent for constitutionalizing the right to redress through tort, on which he published an article recently in Yale Law Journal.
  • Owen D. Jones [8], scholar on the impact of evolutionary biology on law, a subject on which he has published articles in Columbia Law Review, among other journals.
  • Nancy J. King [9], author of a Criminal Procedure casebook and member of the Rules Committee for the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
  • Richard Nagareda [10], author of Mass Torts in a World of Settlement (University of Chicago Press - released in 2007).
  • Edward L. Rubin [11], has authored numerous books and articles on legal theory and administrative law. He is among the most cited members of the law faculty.
  • Jeffrey Schoenblum [12], scholar in choice of law in international wealth transfers and probate.
  • Suzanna Sherry, author of numerous books on constitutional interpretive theory and casebooks on Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction.
  • Michael Vandenbergh [13], an environmental law scholar who explores the relationship between formal legal regulation and informal social regulation.
  • W. Kip Viscusi [14], economist and health and safety risk scholar.

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